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Each tool of the Norton Utilities has context-sensitive help,
available at a touch of the ^BF1^n key.

Whenever you are using a dialog box and you want instructions on
how to proceed, press ^BF1^n. When you've got a menu pulled down,
you can move the highlight to any item and press ^BF1^n for help on
that item.

When you are first getting familiar with a tool, you will find it
helpful to select the ^b[Index]^n button at the bottom of any help
screen. It displays a list of topics, at least one of which
provides background and introductory material.

^hHyperlinks^h are highlighted phrases in a help topic that transfer
you to another topic. Select the ^b[Go To]^n button (just press ^bG^n)
or double-click the hyperlink text. Select the ^b[Go Back]^n button
(just press ^bB^n) to return to the original topic. When more than
one hyperlink is on a screen, press ^bTab^n or ^bShift^n+^bTab^n to move
among them.

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     highlight a topic          █
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You're in the expanded topic. If you become hyperactive and get
lost, select ^B[Index]^n. Or, press ^bEsc^n to exit the help system.

To return to the previous topic, select ^B[Go Back]^n (press B).
Do it now.

&&&^BAbout^B
 ^h How UnFormat Works                   ^h
^BProcedures^B
 ^h Unformatting a Disk                  ^h
^BHelp^B
 ^h How to use Help                      ^h
/#An accidental use of the FORMAT command has always been
considered the WORST POSSIBLE data disaster. But with UnFormat,
it is often possible to recover ALL the data on the disk. If
you have used the ^hImage^h utility, UnFormat will CERTAINLY
recover ALL of your data ── What a relief!

When DOS formats a hard disk and when you use ^hSafe Format^h to
format a floppy disk, the data area of the disk does not get
wiped. This makes it possible to recover data lost by an
accidental format operation.

If you have accidentally formatted a disk and have not used
Image or the Mirror program (supplied with DOS 5.0 or later) to
create a snapshot of your system area, you can still recover
much of your data. When UnFormat is finished, the
subdirectories directly under the root will be called DIR0,
DIR1, and so on, and all filenames in the root directory will
be lost. You can use the Manual UnErase procedure of
^hUnErase^h to recover these files.

^BNote:^B On floppy disks formatted by the DOS FORMAT command
      (prior to DOS version 5.0) there is little hope of
      recovering any data. Unformat will try, and it will
      get some data if you pulled the disk out partway through
      the format. Otherwise, you're out of luck.

UnFormat is fully automatic. Just read each dialog and reply
by pressing ^BEnter^B or ^BEsc^B. Press ^BF1^B for additional help along
the way.

^bTip:^b  It's best to use the Norton Utilities Safe Format to
      format a disk; this leaves the data in a recoverable
      state and, as a bonus, it's much faster.

See also: ^hUnformatting a disk^h
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UnFormat will recover a hard disk or floppy disk that has
been accidentally formatted. UnFormat can also rebuild a disk
that has been destroyed by a virus or corrupted due to a power
failure.

To recover a disk, UnFormat automatically guides you through
the following steps:
  1 ^hSelect the drive to unformat.^h
  2 ^hTell UnFormat whether or not you have used Image or Mirror.^h
  3 ^hIf Image or Mirror data is found, tell UnFormat which to use.^h
  4 ^hDetermine if you want a full or partial restore.^h
  5 ^hRun Norton Disk Doctor to clean up your disk.^h

See also: ^hHow UnFormat works^h
'Pick a drive to recover after a FORMAT. Use ^B^B and ^B^B to move
the highlight and press ^BEnter^B or click on the desired drive
with a mouse.

If you pick a diskette drive, make certain that the target
diskette is in the drive before continuing.

^bNote:^b This dialog is bypassed if you use the drive ID on
      the command line, for example, ^BUNFORMAT A:^B

See also: ^hPrevious use of IMAGE.EXE or MIRROR.COM^h
!^hImage^h is a special program that preserves important system
areas of a disk in a place where it can be found in the case
of a data disaster. Many folks use Image in their AUTOEXEC.BAT
file, or in a "Shutdown" batch at the end of the day (or before
doing a massive "spring cleaning").

Mirror is a utility provided with DOS 5.0 or later that performs
a similar function.

If Image or Mirror has been used or if they ^Bmight just possibly^B
have been used at sometime in the past, select ^b[Yes]^b. If
you are dead certain that Image or Mirror has never been used
on the target disk, you can skip one tests that UnFormat makes.

If you did not use Image or Mirror, UnFormat will still recover
all of your subdirectories and some or all of the files they
contained (you may not recover files that were listed in the
Root Directory).

See also: ^hImage or Mirror Information Found^h
	When this dialog appears, you can breathe a sigh of relief. It
means that you will recover all the data on the disk as it was
the last time you ran Image.

There are often two versions of the Image data on the disk. You
will nearly always want to pick the ^b[Recent]^b version.

^bNote^b: It can happen that the ^B[Previous]^B version is the best
      choice. For instance, if you accidentally formatted
      drive D: at the end of the day, and then the next
      morning your AUTOEXEC.BAT file ran IMAGE.EXE, you would
      want to use the Image snapshot taken ^Bbefore^B the format.

See also: ^hFull or Partial Restore^h

When UnFormat finds Image or Mirror information on a disk, it
offers you this choice. In most cases, it's best to go ahead
with the ^b[Full]^b restore.

A full restore will overwrite the current contents of the
system areas of the disk (the Boot Record, File Allocation
Table, and Root Directory), thus "setting the clock back" to
the time the Image snapshot was taken.

You might choose ^b[Partial]^b if ALL of the following are true:

 ^b*^b The Image data is rather old and new files have been added
   and deleted since the snapshot was taken.
 ^b*^b You were able to stop a destructive FORMAT operation before
   it finished. In that case, part of the Root Directory or
   FAT might be recoverable.
 ^b*^b You are an expert user of the Norton Utilities UnErase
   and Disk Editor programs and you think there is some chance
   of recovering data manually that would be overwritten by
   restoring the Image data.

See also: ^hPartial Restore^h
This dialog selects options when you choose a partial restore
of Image or Mirror data.

This option is useful only when Image data is out-of-date and
you have the expertise to recover some information manually.

^bWarning!^b: If you don't know what the Boot Record, File
          Allocation Table, and Root Directory are, you
          should not use the ^bPartial Restore^b dialog. Press
          ^BEsc^B and start over.

Here's a case where an expert might do a partial restore:

  After using the Norton Utilities Disk Editor program to
  rebuild a destroyed Partition Table, you might want to
  have UnFormat restore only the Boot Record, so that you
  can go back into Disk Editor and it will understand the
  disk somewhat better. This will just keep your options
  open a little longer.

The Disk Map shown during the UnFormat sequence animates the
action as UnFormat searches the disk for Image information and,
later, for directories.

It is a representation of your disk in which each block
character represents some arbitrary-sized piece of data.
The size is shown in the ^bLegend^b at the bottom right of the
screen.

See also: ^hHow UnFormat works^h
UnErase lets you recover that which have been deleted. It
displays a drive window, but it shows only files which have
been deleted. To recover a deleted file, just highlight it
and select the UnErase button.
Norton Disk Doctor examines your disks and warns you if it
finds problems. If any are found, Norton Disk Doctor will
correct them for you.

After recovering a disk with UnFormat, Norton Disk Doctor
simply cleans up any problems that might have occurred due
to changes made on the disk after the IMAGE.DAT file was
created.
Image is a special program that that takes a "snapshot" of
the system area of your disk. Then, if you inadvertently
format your hard disk, UnFormat can use this information
to recover your data. UnErase also uses the information
to help recover deleted files.

For maximum protection, make sure the line

   IMAGE

is in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This way, the snapshot is taken
every time you start your computer. The latest information will
always be available should, perish the thought, it ever be
needed.
A format operation initializes a disk with the intention of
preparing it to receive data. Norton Safe Format provides safety
from accidental data loss.

It is also useful for doing a quick reformat of floppy disk that
have been formatted previously (this operation is blazingly
fast). Reformatting is quite safe -- if you accidentally reformat
a disk that contains important data, you can recover all of
the data.
